Yes, all this freshness can be yours if you visit “Safe House,” an action movie that might be better if it weren’t about anything. The chases and fights are fine; that’s not the issue. The issue is that the story, in which under-stimulated CIA agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) must secure ex-CIA agent/current traitor Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), has no rocks to uncover. This Capetown-set action flick is a battlefield of the familiar, without the complexity or the spark to make it explode.

Recalling the political simplicity of disappointments like “Green Zone” and “Rendition,” “Safe House” wastes Vera Farmiga in a thankless command center role (a la “Source Code”) and revolves around a secret file that “Mission: Impossible” has tracked down about a zillion times. Washington, quieting down his swagger, and Reynolds, exploring fear instead of his usual arrogance, work individually but never mesh, except when Matt locks Tobin in a trunk and he breaks out from the inside. Their physical conflict achieves more than their conversation, which tackles the inevitability of corruption as if we hadn’t already figured out what’s going on 20 minutes ago. Anyone who says"Safe House" will keep you guessing is either a liar, or just a really bad guesser.

And just like that, there’s only one day left of Lolla. Here’s what stood out to us from day 2. Best: The Tallest Man on Earth: Maybe it was just a right-mood, right-set situation, but boy this was the perfect mid-day act to take a breather, sit in the sun, and just chill and listen to and enjoy....